About Petechuwa Village

Petechuwa is a small village in Dondi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 290, made up of 133 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,180 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Petechuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petechuwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dondi
Pincode	491228
Area (hectares)	162.6 hectares
Population	290
Male Population	133
Female Population	157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,180
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Petechuwa compares

By the 2011 count Petechuwa is the 86th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 162.6 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1049.

Getting to Petechuwa

Petechuwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Petechuwa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Petechuwa from other places

Petechuwa lies about 88 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 3.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Petechuwa
Nearest railway station	Gudum	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dondi	8.7 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	20 km
District headquarters	Durg	88 km

Villages closest to Petechuwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dondi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Petechuwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Petechuwa village had a population of 290. That makes it the 86th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Petechuwa village has 133 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petechuwa has about 1180 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1049.

The pincode recorded for Petechuwa is 491228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Petechuwa covers 162.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Petechuwa falls under Dondi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Petechuwa is Gudum, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Petechuwa.

Petechuwa is about 88 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Petechuwa is in Dondi tehsil of Durg district. Gudum is about 3.6 km away. Dondi is about 8.7 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.